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Keto Low-Carb Sugar-Free Mojito Drink Cocktails

Keto Low-Carb Mojito Drink Cocktails is a quick and easy skinny recipe with rum, fresh mint, lime, and sugar-free sweetener. You can use Swerve, stevia, or your favorite keto-approved sweetener. This post outlines how many carbs are included within the drink. Make this with Bacardi or your favorite rum and garnish with limes or cucumbers.

keto low carb mojito drink cocktail in a glass with fresh mint and fresh lime
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Is Any Alcohol Allowed on Keto? What’s the Best Alcohol for Keto?

Wine has a lot fewer carbs than beer and can be seen as a favorable option. Opt for dry red wines like Pinot Noir, Merlot, and Cabernet. For dry white wines go for Pinot Blanc and Pinot Grigio.

Pure spirits like unsweetened rum, tequila, gin, whiskey, and vodka have zero carbs. Served neat or on the rocks is always your best bet. You can also pair it with zero or low carb mixers.

You can read more about The Best and Worst Low Carb Drinks here.

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Will Alcohol Knock You Out of Ketosis?

While I’m in ketosis one drink will usually do me just fine. I’m the type of girl who typically enjoys a few cocktails when I’m out for a good time. A keto lifestyle is completely different. You will feel the effects of alcohol a lot sooner. This is due to a change in metabolism and depleted glycogen.

In general, while on a healthy lifestyle alcohol can inhibit results if you are trying to lose weight. When you drink alcohol your liver will use the products of the metabolized alcohol instead of fat. Which means instead of burning fat, your body is working to get the alcohol out of your body.

Occasional drinks should not harm results. If you drink often during the week or every weekend, you could be slowing your fat-burning process down. Read more about If Alcohol Will Knock You Out of Ketosis here.

How Do You Make a Keto Low-Carb Mojito?

  1. You will need fresh limes and mint. Slice the lime in half.
  2. Add mint leaves, sweetener, and fresh lime juice to the bottom of a glass.
  3. Muddle the mixture.
  4. Add the rum and stir.
  5. Add your ice and club soda.

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What Mixed Drinks Have No Carbs?

  • Dirty Martini
  • Vodka Club Soda and Lime
  • Cosmopolitan
  • Gin and Tonic
keto low carb mojito drink cocktail in a glass with fresh mint and fresh lime

How Many Carbs are in a Keto Mojito?

This drink has 3 net carbs (tall), 1.5 net carbs (short). You can decrease the amount of fresh lime to lower the carb count.

Keto Low-Carb Mojito Recipe Tips:

  • I recommend that you grab an actual living mint plant. They sell them at Trader Joe’s for about $2. It comes with soil and needs sunlight and water. I prefer an actual plant over the store bought clamshells with mint because the mint is a lot fresher. The mint that is in the plastic clamshells at the grocery store has been pre-picked. It will be harder to muddle and also will not look as nice if you garnish the drink.
  • Make sure the mint is fresh and is bright green.
  • Taste repeatedly and adjust the drink as needed. If you don’t want any sweetness in the drink, start with 1/2 a teaspoon of sweetener and work your way up until you’ve met what you like. You can always add additional sweetener, but it’s harder to take back if you add too much.
  • Taste repeatedly for the lime and mint flavors as well. Adjust and add more or less as needed.

Useful Tools For Keto Cocktails

Muddler: Used to muddle the fresh mint leaves, lime and sweetener.

Cocktail Glass Rimmer: Used to line the rim of your glass with sweetener.

Cocktail Glasses

Swerve Sweetener

Cocktail Straws

If you are looking to get large, square ice cubes you can snag this ice tray from Amazon.

square ice tray


keto low carb mojito drink cocktail in a glass with fresh mint and fresh lime
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5 from 4 votes

Keto Low-Carb Mojito Drink Cocktails

Keto Low-Carb Mojito Drink Cocktails is a quick and easy skinny recipe with rum, fresh mint, lime, and sugar-free sweetener. You can use Swerve, stevia, or your favorite keto-approved sweetener. This post outlines how many carbs are included within the drink. Make this with Bacardi or your favorite rum and garnish with cucumbers.
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Course cocktails, Dessert
Cuisine Mexican, spanish
Keyword keto alcohol, keto cocktails, keto drinks, keto mojito
Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Servings 2
Calories 182kcal

Ingredients

Two Short Glasses (Ingredients below are for the total of 2 drinks. Divide the following ingredients among 2 glasses, this isn’t for each glass)

  • 3 fresh sprigs of mint (about 10-12 leaves)
  • 2 teaspoons sweetener
  • 1/2 fresh lime, juice of
  • 2-3 oz unsweetened rum
  • a few cubes of ice
  • 1/2 cup club soda

One Tall Glass

  • 2 fresh sprigs of mint (about 6-8 leaves)
  • 1-2 teaspoons sweetener
  • 1/2 fresh lime, juice of
  • 1- 1 1/2 oz unsweetened rum
  • a few cubes of ice
  • 1/2 cup club soda

Instructions

  • Mojitos are typically served in a tall glass. You can prepare this drink in a tall glass or two short glasses. 
  • Add the fresh mint, sweetener, and fresh lime juice to a glass or glasses.
  • Use a muddler and crush the lime, sweetener, and mint.
  • Add in the unsweetened rum. Stir. 
  • Add ice and club soda. Stir. Taste repeatedly and add additional sweetener, lime, or mint if you wish.

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Notes

Keto Low-Carb Mojito Recipe Tips:

  • You can use less lime to save on carbs.
  • I recommend that you grab an actual living mint plant. They sell them at Trader Joe’s for about $2. It comes with soil and needs sunlight and water. I prefer an actual plant over the store bought clamshells with mint because the mint is a lot fresher. The mint that is in the plastic clamshells at the grocery store has been pre-picked. It will be harder to muddle and also will not look as nice if you garnish the drink.
  • Make sure the mint is fresh and is bright green.
  • Taste repeatedly and adjust the drink as needed. If you don’t want any sweetness in the drink, start with 1/2 a teaspoon of sweetener and work your way up until you’ve met what you like. You can always add additional sweetener, but it’s harder to take back if you add too much.
  • Taste repeatedly for the lime and mint flavors as well. Adjust and add more or less as needed.
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Nutrition (displayed with net carbs)

Serving: 1tall glass | Calories: 182kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g
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5 from 4 votes
Recipe Rating




Taraleigh Davis

Wednesday 18th of May 2022

Love this recipe - refreshing change from my usual vodka and soda water.

staysnatched

Tuesday 24th of May 2022

Wonderful! I'm glad you enjoyed the recipe!

Talya Stone

Friday 17th of May 2019

I just made this without the rum (I'm alcohol free) and also just with sparkling water instead of the club soda and it was great thanks for the recipe!

staysnatched

Saturday 18th of May 2019

Glad you enjoyed it as a mocktail!

Noelle

Wednesday 13th of March 2019

You had me at mojito! i love this recipe, still able to enjoy drinks while not consuming my whole days sugar in one glass!

wilhelmina

Wednesday 13th of March 2019

This is the perfect drink to unwind with!